#B9C42B#B9C42B
#B9C42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.165 H 113.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #B9C42B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(185, 196, 43) |
| HSL | hsl(64, 64%, 47%) |
| HSV | hsv(64, 78%, 77%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(5.6%, 0%, 78.1%, 23.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.05, -21.50, 69.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.05, 72.31, 107.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.62% -0.0666 0.1505) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.62% 0.165 113.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(40.1848, 49.9694, 9.8132) |
| Luminance | 0.4997 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 1.57
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 1.58
Snot
#ACBB0D
ΔE00 2.80
Green Yellow
#B5CE08
ΔE00 3.55
Pea
#A4BF20
ΔE00 3.96
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.06
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#B9C42B #362BC4
analogous
#C4832B #B9C42B #6CC42B
triadic
#B9C42B #2BB9C4 #C42BB9
tetradic
#B9C42B #2BC483 #362BC4 #C42B6C
square
#B9C42B #2BC483 #362BC4 #C42B6C
split-complementary
#B9C42B #2B6CC4 #832BC4
monochromatic
#5A6015 #8A9220 #B9C42B #D0D953 #DDE485
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.91
#B9C42B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.99
#B9C42B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #B9C42B
10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##B9C42B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##B9C42B | 1.00 | 1.91 | 10.99 | 10.99 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.91 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.99 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BA00
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D2BD39
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C6B8A8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #b9c42b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 196, 43); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.165 113.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#d2d572',
500: '#b9c42b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #b9c42b; $custom-light: #d2d572; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#b9c42b",
"rgb": {
"r": 185,
"g": 196,
"b": 43
},
"hsl": {
"h": 64.314,
"s": 64.017,
"l": 46.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78618,
"c": 0.1646,
"h": 113.9
},
"luminance": 0.49969
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#B9C42B
secondary
#837DCE
accent
#41E74D
background
#FDFDF7
surface
#FAFAED
border
#D3D3C8
text
#151409
muted
#83837B